Edward John TAYLOR

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Service Number:	483
Enlisted:	10 November 1915, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dalby, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Striker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

10 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 483, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Queensland
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 483, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 483, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Born to parents, Mary Ellen Smith and William Henry Taylor.

Brother also served in WW1, 4271 Pte Patrick Ambrose Taylor.

His name was on the new Longreach Honour Board in 1928 (original 1920 one was burnt in a fire in the Shire Hall).